Sneak Preview: 'Nightmare on Elm Street' and other new movies

Al Alexander

Thursday

Apr 29, 2010 at 12:01 AMApr 29, 2010 at 5:29 PM

Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) is back tormenting young people on Elm Street.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

In a sort-of, kind-of remake of the 1980s original, old friend Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) is back tormenting young people on Elm Street, popping into their dreams and turning them into nightmares.

FURRY VENGEANCE

Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields attempt to kill off any credibility they have left by stumbling through a loud, noisy kiddy flick in which a gang of animatronic critters try to save their forest by laying them to waste.

THE CARTEL

The sad state of our public schools is the subject of this documentary. Who’s to blame? According to the movie, just about everyone -- politicians, administrators, unions and parents.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD

In a Korean homage to “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” three men battle each other and the elements to find and seize a treasure map hidden somewhere in Manchuria.

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

In this fact-based tale, Émilie Dequenne plays an opportunistic young woman who claims she was attacked on a train by black and Arab youths who thought she was a Jew.

The Patriot Ledger

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